Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Through the Ages

In the Through the Ages project, your child will learn about three different periods of British prehistory: the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. They will discover terminology relating to time and sequence dates to make a timeline. They explore the changes to people, homes and lifestyle throughout the different periods and investigate examples of prehistoric settlements, monuments, burials and artefacts in detail. They will also study how technology improved over time, including how the discovery of different metals changed the way that people lived.

Memorable Experience: 'Prehistoric visit'

Geography: Human features; Stone Age monuments

History: Historical vocabulary; Prehistory; Stone Age; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Chronology and timelines; Everyday life; Tools and weapons; Settlements; Stonework and metalwork; Religion and beliefs; Wealth and power; Invention and ingenuity; Evidence and enquiry

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Skeletal and Muscular Systems

Art and Design: Prehistoric Pots

Design and Technology: Cook Well, Eat Well

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024-2025  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Tennis) and Wednesday (Tag Rugby)

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.

 

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English

W/c 15th September 2025

This week we will commence the Year 3 Place Value of Grammar and Punctuation unit.  We will consider:

• Being verbs and 'to have'
• Regular action verbs and phrases; and
• Irregular action verbs and phrases

 

Spellings

We have 3 spelling groups:

• Acorns
• Conkers; and
• Pine Cones

Information on your child's spelling group is in their reading record.

 

Spellings will be given on Wednesday 17th September and dictation is on Tuesday 23rd September 2025.

This weeks' phoneme is 'e'

 

Acorns

bed

settle

head

heavy

bread

health

any

anymore

anybody

many

said

again

friend

 

Conkers

extinct

settle

health

breath

many

anymore

anybody

secondary

said

again

against

friend

 

Pine Cones

extinct

settle

enough

length

question

exist

health

breath

weapon

many

anymore

secondary

Thames

said

again

against

friend

 

 

 

Maths

 

W/c 15th September 2025

This week we will continue with our place value unit.  We will:

• Number lines to 1,000
• Estimating on a number line to 1,000
• Comparing numbers to 1,000
• Order numbers to 1,000; and
• Count in 50s.

This will conclude our place value unit and we will complete our post assessment next week.

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

Partition numbers to 1,000

Flexibly partition numbers to 1,000

Find 1, 10 or 100 more or less

 

Additional Information

Children need their reading book in school every day. 

 

On Thursday (18th September), our RE will consider special items which help us remember special things.  If your child has a souvenir, object or photo that they would like to share they are welcome to bring it in for the session.

 

Due to the changeable UK weather, please send your child to school with a coat each day.

 

 

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We encourage the children to:

• Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
• Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.
• Access their spellings on Spelling Shed